指鸡骂狗 (zhǐ jī mà gǒu) | Meaning: lit. to point at the chicken while scolding the dog (idiom) | Chinese Idiom with Pinyin & Origin

lit. to point at the mulberry tree and curse the locust tree · fig. to scold sb indirectly · to make oblique accusations (idiom)指桑骂槐zhǐ sāng mà huái

to refer obliquely to · to insinuate · innuendo影射yǐng shè

to make a pun · to have a double meaning · double entendre一语双关yī yǔ shuāng guān

to use the past to disparage the present (idiom)借古讽今jiè gǔ fěng jīn

lit. to point at the chicken while scolding the dog (idiom) · fig. to make indirect criticisms